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Efficient blue electroluminescence from reduced-dimensional perovskites
Addition of a multifunctional ionic additive in mixed two-dimensional–three-dimensional bromide/chloride perovskites enables efficient blue perovskite LEDs with external quantum efficiency of up to 21.4% and half-lifetime of 129 min at an initial luminance of 100 cd m–2.
- Shuai Yuan
- , Linjie Dai
- & Richard H. Friend
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A wireless optoelectronic probe to monitor oxygenation in deep brain tissue
A wireless optoelectronic probe integrates a microscale light-emitting diode and a photodetector coated with oxygen-sensitive dyes to monitor the partial pressure of oxygen in the deep brain of freely moving mice.
- Xue Cai
- , Haijian Zhang
- & Xing Sheng
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Brillouin light scattering anisotropy microscopy for imaging the viscoelastic anisotropy in living cells
Single-shot angle-resolved Brillouin light scattering microscopy enables spatiotemporal mapping of mechanical anisotropy in living cells with a spatial resolution below 2 µm and precision in the Brillouin frequency shift of 10 MHz.
- Hamid Keshmiri
- , Domagoj Cikes
- & Kareem Elsayad
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Photonic link from single-flux-quantum circuits to room temperature
Superconducting electro-optic modulators for a cryogenic-to-room-temperature link are demonstrated. The record-low half-wave voltage of 42 mV is achieved on a 1-m-long modulator. By matching the velocity of microwave and optical signals, a 0.2-m-long modulator can achieve a 3 dB bandwidth of over 17 GHz.
- Mohan Shen
- , Jiacheng Xie
- & Hong X. Tang
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| Open AccessSynthetic reflection self-injection-locked microcombs
Photonic crystal microring resonators with a periodic corrugation inscribed along the resonator’s circumference allow programmable synthetic reflection for self-injection-locked microcombs and their operation exclusively in the single-soliton regime.
- Alexander E. Ulanov
- , Thibault Wildi
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Visible-to-ultraviolet frequency comb generation in lithium niobate nanophotonic waveguides
By combining engineered dispersion and chirped quasi-phase matching in multisegment nanophotonic thin-film lithium niobate waveguides, the generation of gap-free frequency comb spanning from 330 to 2,400 nm can be realized with only 90 pJ of pulse energy at 1,550 nm.
- Tsung-Han Wu
- , Luis Ledezma
- & Scott A. Diddams
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| Open AccessGenerating free-space structured light with programmable integrated photonics
Using programmable integrated photonics to generate a higher-order free-space structured light beam promises lossless and reconfigurable control of the spatial distribution of light’s amplitude and phase with very short switching times.
- Johannes Bütow
- , Jörg S. Eismann
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Efficient and ultrafast organic scintillators by hot exciton manipulation
Researchers overcome the typical scintillator trade-off between high efficiency and speed. In organic scintillators, researchers drove hot excitons into fast singlet emission states without involving the lowest triplet states, which led to a fast radiative lifetime and strong light yield that may be applicable to ultrafast detection and imaging.
- Xinyuan Du
- , Shan Zhao
- & Jiang Tang
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| Open AccessLuminescent solar concentrator efficiency enhanced via nearly lossless propagation pathways
Luminescence solar concentrators are improved by using a laminated structure that creates a practically non-decaying optical ‘guard rail’ for light. Design rules enabled external quantum efficiencies as high as 45% for 450 nm light, yielding a device efficiency of 7.6%, probably useful for energy-harvesting windows.
- Kyoungwon Park
- , Jeongmin Yi
- & Chul Jong Han
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Wide-band frequency modulation of a terahertz intrinsic Josephson junction emitter of a cuprate superconductor
Frequency-modulated terahertz continuous waves are generated from Josephson junctions included in a cuprate superconductor. When 3 GHz sinusoidal waves were superimposed on 840–890 GHz carrier waves, the modulation bandwidth reached 40 GHz when a Josephson plasma emission was utilized.
- Masashi Miyamoto
- , Ryota Kobayashi
- & Itsuhiro Kakeya
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Attosecond-resolved non-dipole photoionization dynamics
Using a self-referenced attosecond photoelectron interferometry on helium atoms, the electron subcycle motion along the light propagation direction is observed in the 15 pm range. A time delay of 15 ± 10 as between the electric-dipole and electric-quadrupole transitions is also revealed.
- Jintai Liang
- , Meng Han
- & Hans Jakob Wörner
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Dynamic resonance fluorescence in solid-state cavity quantum electrodynamics
Dynamic resonance fluorescence spectra beyond the Mollow-triplet are observed in a In(Ga)As quantum dot in a micropillar. Multiple side peaks, excitation-induced spectral asymmetry, and cavity filtering effects are experimentally observed and theoretically reproduced by a full quantum model that includes phonon-induced decoherence.
- Shunfa Liu
- , Chris Gustin
- & Jin Liu
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Switchable interfacial reaction enables bright and stable deep-red perovskite light-emitting diodes
A switchable deprotonation reaction at the interface between the perovskite and electron-transporting layer enables bright deep-red perovskite LEDs emitting at 691 nm with a half-lifetime of about 50.3 h at 100 mA cm–2.
- Jiejun Zeng
- , Xiaoyue Sun
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Non-local skyrmions as topologically resilient quantum entangled states of light
A skyrmion is a topologically stable field configuration. A non-local skyrmion, which has been hitherto elusive in condensed-matter physics, is realized by using entangled photons with a non-trivial topology. The connection between the notions of topology and entanglement is investigated, revealing topological invariance even when entanglement is fragile.
- Pedro Ornelas
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Heat-assisted nonreciprocity
One-way light transmission can be realized by embracing, rather than mitigating, thermal effects in carefully engineered metasurfaces.
- Said Rahimzadeh-Kalaleh Rodriguez
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Acoustic gigawatt laser deflection
Acoustic modulation of atmospheric air enables the deflection of laser pulses with a peak power of 20 gigawatts, expanding the acousto-optics toolbox to high-power laser manipulation in ambient air.
- Günter Steinmeyer
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Observation of localization of light in linear photonic quasicrystals with diverse rotational symmetries
Localization of light is observed in photonic quasicrystals with various orders of rotational symmetry.
- Peng Wang
- , Qidong Fu
- & Fangwei Ye
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| Open AccessPlasmonic photoconductive terahertz focal-plane array with pixel super-resolution
A terahertz focal-plane array based on a two-dimensional array of plasmonic photoconductive nanoantennas offers high-quality imaging in the terahertz region.
- Xurong Li
- , Deniz Mengu
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Electrically assisted amplified spontaneous emission in perovskite light-emitting diodes
Electrically injected charges can effectively contribute to optical gain in perovskite light-emitting diodes under optical and electrical co-excitation.
- Karim Elkhouly
- , Iakov Goldberg
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Silver telluride colloidal quantum dot infrared photodetectors and image sensors
Silver telluride quantum dots are employed in shortwave-infrared photodetectors and in monolithically integrated imagers that are free from toxic heavy metals and fully solution processable.
- Yongjie Wang
- , Lucheng Peng
- & Gerasimos Konstantatos
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Optical skyrmions and other topological quasiparticles of light
Advances in the understanding of optical skyrmions, within a unified topological framework, are reviewed. The field structure of such optical quasiparticles, and their topological characteristics, may be useful for fields ranging from imaging to quantum technologies.
- Yijie Shen
- , Qiang Zhang
- & Anatoly V. Zayats
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Body-conformable light-emitting materials and devices
The progress made in developing light-emitting technologies that are wearable, attachable or implantable is reviewed and potential applications and challenges are discussed.
- Zhitao Zhang
- , Yue Wang
- & Chunhai Fan
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| Open AccessDual-chirped optical parametric amplification of high-energy single-cycle laser pulses
A new form of chirped amplification with two different nonlinear crystals can generate high-energy, single-cycle laser pulses with terawatt-level peak powers.
- Lu Xu
- & Eiji J. Takahashi
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High efficiency warm-white light-emitting diodes based on copper–iodide clusters
Solution-processed copper–iodide clusters are employed as efficient emitters for warm white LEDs with external quantum efficiency of 19.1%.
- Jing-Jing Wang
- , Li-Zhe Feng
- & Hong-Bin Yao
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Reflection and refraction at a time boundary
Ultracold atoms provide a platform for realizing the temporal analogue of Snell’s law.
- Peter Hannaford
- & Krzysztof Sacha
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Ambient microwave-to-optical converter
A coherent microwave-to-optical conversion scheme, previously feasible only under cryogenic environments, has now been expanded to ambient conditions by using Rydberg atoms.
- Kai-Yu Liao
- , Hui Yan
- & Shi-Liang Zhu
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Plasma optics promise exawatt performance
Modelling shows how plasma density gradients can be tailored to compress optical pulses in the final stages of laser systems towards exawatt (1018 W) peak powers.
- Brendan Dromey
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Large-angle twist effect
A large-angle twist between two bilayer graphene films makes a sensitive and broadband infrared–terahertz detector as a result of interlayer screening and a crystal field-induced bandgap.
- Bingchen Deng
- & Fengnian Xia
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Passive bias-free non-reciprocal metasurfaces based on thermally nonlinear quasi-bound states in the continuum
Bias-free optical metasurfaces with a large non-reciprocal response for free-space radiation are discussed, based on thermo-optic nonlinearities. These ultrathin devices may lead to new approaches for areas ranging from signal processing to protection of high-power laser cavities.
- Michele Cotrufo
- , Andrea Cordaro
- & Andrea Alù
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| Open AccessVortex nanolaser based on a photonic disclination cavity
Wavelength-scale, low-threshold, vortex and anti-vortex nanolasers with topological charges in an optical cavity that is formed by a topological disclination are demonstrated, paving a way towards the development of ultra-small light sources with quantized vector vortex states attractive for optical communication systems.
- Min-Soo Hwang
- , Ha-Reem Kim
- & Hong-Gyu Park
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Programmable photonic arrays based on microelectromechanical elements with femtowatt-level standby power consumption
Programmable photonic arrays with <10 fW (per unit) standby power consumption, <40 pJ (per unit) reconfiguration energy and <11 V programming voltages are demonstrated.
- Dong Uk Kim
- , Young Jae Park
- & Kyoungsik Yu
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Determining the optimal communication channels of arbitrary optical systems using integrated photonic processors
Self-configuring meshes of integrated Mach–Zehnder interferometers determine the optimal communication channels through unknown optical media, with the resulting modes showing crosstalk below –30 dB.
- SeyedMohammad SeyedinNavadeh
- , Maziyar Milanizadeh
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Electrically tunable VO2–metal metasurface for mid-infrared switching, limiting and nonlinear isolation
An electrically tunable device that can work as an optical switch, an optical limiter with a tunable limiting threshold and a nonlinear optical isolator with a tunable operating range in the mid-infrared range is realized by combining a gold layer with subwavelength square slits and a layer of VO2.
- Jonathan King
- , Chenghao Wan
- & Mikhail A. Kats
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Label-free biomedical optical imaging
This Review covers a comparison between various label-free biomedical imaging techniques, their advantages over label-based methods and relevant applications.
- Natan T. Shaked
- , Stephen A. Boppart
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Wavelength-accurate nonlinear conversion through wavenumber selectivity in photonic crystal resonators
Researchers demonstrate nonlinear wavelength converters whose output wavelengths are controlled with high accuracy by bandgap-protected wavenumber selectivity. Output frequencies are continuously tuned by nearly 300 GHz without compromising efficiency.
- Jordan R. Stone
- , Xiyuan Lu
- & Kartik Srinivasan
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| Open AccessLaser pulse compression by a density gradient plasma for exawatt to zettawatt lasers
Researchers propose a laser pulse compression method for exawatt to zettawatt lasers based on spatially varying dispersion of an inhomogeneous plasma. This may enable, for example, pulse compression of a laser pulse from 2.35 ps to 10.3 fs. The approach is robust at high intensities.
- Min Sup Hur
- , Bernhard Ersfeld
- & Hyyong Suk
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| Open AccessA diamond nanophotonic interface with an optically accessible deterministic electronuclear spin register
By implanting 117Sn, a fibre-packaged nanophotonic diamond waveguide with optically addressable hyperfine transitions separated by 452 MHz is demonstrated. This enables the formation of a spin-gated optical switch and achieving a waveguide-to-fibre extraction efficiency of 57%.
- Ryan A. Parker
- , Jesús Arjona Martínez
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Three-dimensional nonlinear optical materials from twisted two-dimensional van der Waals interfaces
Three-dimensional nonlinear optical metamaterials are realized by directly engineering the symmetries of electronic wavefunctions at the atomic scale by stacking individual two-dimensional van der Waals interfaces into a precisely designed three-dimensional configuration.
- Bumho Kim
- , Jicheng Jin
- & Bo Zhen
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Big lasers with a mission
Allen Weeks, Director General of the Extreme Light Infrastructure European Research Infrastructure Consortium, talks to Nature Photonics about the founding and future of the high-power-laser facilities, and stimulating a resurgence of physics in new EU member countries.
- David Pile
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Inconsistencies of metalens performance and comparison with conventional diffractive optics
We posit that inconsistent interpretations of experimental data have led to inaccurate claims on metalens focusing efficiencies. By performing a meta-analysis, we show that extraordinary claims of high focusing efficiency at high numerical apertures are, unfortunately, not yet backed by rigorous simulation or experimental results.
- Rajesh Menon
- & Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez
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Efficient quantum state tomography
A scheme for fast, comprehensive characterization of high-dimensional quantum states could aid quantum applications in imaging and information processing.
- Gregory Kanter
- & Prem Kumar
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Listening to microorganisms with light
Combining photoacoustic excitation with optomechanics enables the mechanical modes associated with entire microorganisms to be detected, demonstrating that mechanical spectroscopy allows us to identify microorganisms and characterize their life stages.
- Eduardo Gil-Santos
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The bright prospects of optical solitons after 50 years
Since the inception of the idea of temporal solitons in optical fibres, published in 1973, the concept of optical solitons has revolutionized the fundamental science of optics and photonics technologies. This Perspective gives an outlook on the future of solitons in ultrafast lasers, frequency combs, biomedical applications, telecommunications and signal processing, as well as the emerging new science of solitons.
- Andrea Blanco-Redondo
- , C. Martijn de Sterke
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A scientist and a poet
Vladimir Zakharov was a man of a strong passion and grand intellect, who was equally and deservedly proud of both his scientific achievements and his poetry.
- G. E. Falkovich
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Hand-drawing perovskite devices
New conductive and perovskite inks enable hand-drawing of optoelectronic devices with a ballpoint pen on a variety of daily substrates, including paper, textiles and other irregular surfaces.
- Faheem Ershad
- , Wenjing Song
- & Cunjiang Yu
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Event-based super-resolution microscopy
Event-based detectors, which respond to local changes in light intensity rather than producing images, enable super-resolution single-molecule localization microscopy with sensitivity and resolution comparable to conventional methods.
- Ian M. Dobbie
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On-chip optoelectronic logic gates operating in the telecom band
Integrating multiple silicon waveguides with black phosphorus enables the realization of a variety of optoelectronic logic gates operating at 1.55 μm.
- Ting He
- , Hui Ma
- & Weida Hu
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Nanosecond time-resolved dual-comb absorption spectroscopy
A mid-infrared dual-comb system capable of nanosecond time-resolved spectral measurements is realized by using a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator that allows an efficient conversion of an input dual-comb pump at 1 µm into an idler dual comb in the mid-infrared regime.
- David A. Long
- , Matthew J. Cich
- & Gregory B. Rieker